Extract YouTube subtitles into clean text transcripts for LLM processing.
npx skills add https://github.com/one-ie/one --skill youtube-subs-one-ie
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: youtube-subs Source: https://github.com/one-ie/one/tree/main/.claude/skills/youtube-subs Command: npx skills add https://github.com/one-ie/one --skill youtube-subs-one-ie
Downloads clean, plain-text transcripts from YouTube videos, playlists, or channels to enable rapid analysis, summarization, and knowledge extraction for learning, research, or building Claude Code skills from video content.
Run the fetch script with a YouTube video URL and an output directory to produce clean text transcripts.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
You can extract YouTube subtitles into clean text transcripts by running a fetch script with a video URL and an output directory. The pipeline uses yt-dlp to fetch subtitles and converts WebVTT files into plain text suitable for LLM ingestion.
Yes, you can download transcripts from a YouTube playlist or channel. The tool supports batch retrieval, automatically fetching and converting subtitles for multiple videos to produce individual text files and a lookup index.
Yes, yt-dlp is required to fetch YouTube subtitles. The Skill depends on yt-dlp to download WebVTT subtitle tracks from videos, playlists, or channels before converting them into clean text output.
You get per-video clean text transcript files, a raw WebVTT dataset, and a helpful index for quick lookup. These outputs enable downstream learning, summarization, and knowledge extraction from the video content.
The best way to convert WebVTT to plain text is using a dedicated extraction pipeline that strips subtitle formatting and outputs clean text files. This ensures the transcripts are properly formatted for downstream summarization tasks.
Missing videos in a playlist extraction usually occur when videos lack subtitle tracks or face access restrictions. The pipeline relies on yt-dlp to fetch available WebVTT subtitles, so videos without captions cannot be converted to text transcripts.
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